Business Intelligence & Analytics courses

About Business Analytics Msc in Aston University, Birmingham

From data mining and web analytics to business analytics in practise, our MSc Business Analytics will give you a comprehensive understanding of key areas of business analytics and develop your skills to meet the high demand from employers.

Attracting students from all over the world, this course is a great opportunity to mix with people from different cultures and with diverse backgrounds. You’ll enhance your communication, teamwork and management skills, whilst building a network of international contacts. It will also help you to appreciate the various approaches to people management in a multicultural context.

We focus on the practical application of analytics in a business context, so you’ll discover what method, technique and tools can be used to solve specific commercial problems in the most effective way.

Many roles in business analytics are based in consultancies, so we will develop skills to help you excel in a consultancy environment, from working in a consultative role to understanding what good and bad consulting practice looks like.

As well as lectures and seminars, there are lab sessions where you’ll work with advanced software packages to develop your abilities to analyse data and practice using a range of analytical tools. You’ll also learn from leading academics who have carried out detailed research in this field and can give you a deeper understanding of data analytics concepts, what it’s like to be a business analytics practitioner and learn about their industry experience.

The business analytics staff teach and research in the field of quantitative analysis for better decision-making. One of the key areas for which the team has a world-wide reputation is that of efficiency through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The team are also well known for their work in data mining, big data and forecasting.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree 

English language requirements 

• IELTS : 6.5
• TOEFL IBT: 93
• PTE : 60

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